Where do you buy your DW books and at what price?
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Who's Wee Dug said:
Hi Shaun, check out some of the charity shops around your area for some cheap Discworld books if you can manage it. 
I've got so many great books from charity shops for 50p. A whole collection of Robert Graves stuff, THREE DISCWORLD BOOKS. Granted I bought the Colour of Magic twice by accident! but for 50p, thats fine!
Not to mention the corner of one got chewed by my dog!
Nearly every good book I've bought in the last 5 years has been from charity shops, ones out of print or not stocked in shops etc. Some Vintage ones, whole sets of books.
If you have a charity shop near you, Havelok and see if there is any DW novels
I had a few good deals in local charity shops over the years. hardback 1st/1st's of the Trilogy books for £3 each (Gods Rincewind, Witches etc) the whole set. Just 2 weeks ago I found a completely mint Discworld puzzle for £2-99. Granted i spent nearly an hour counting the 1000 pieces before i bought it but it was worth it. I only read the paperbacks and they are from the charity shops
I get all of my hardbacks online for the older ones, usually e-bay or Abe books. They are for the inheritence collection for Seren my daughter. The newer ones from Waterstones as the guys there are good friends and they usually go for £10 when first released. They have the limited slipcase editions most of the time so I get them all in one go. My O.C.D approach to collecting means that I have to have each different version. Snuff and Unseen Academicals was Slipcase Ed, Gold Edition/Hardback with Collector cards and Normal Blue 1st/Hardback without collector's cards. Totalling £50/£60 respectively. On this one I cheated a little. I couldn't wait for the paperback release so I spent many an awkward night reading the one hardback through a 3" gap so not to break the spine!!!
I dont drink or smoke so this is my little sin. I have to say I do love rummaging throught the local charity shop book racks. If I cant find a Pratchett i just spend my 50p on something else that looks good. Mo Hayder is my latest find. Very twisted but what writer. I've read Tokyo and Ritual in the last week. Pretty damn good
I only read the paperbacks and they are from the charity shopsI get all of my hardbacks online for the older ones, usually e-bay or Abe books. They are for the inheritence collection for Seren my daughter. The newer ones from Waterstones as the guys there are good friends and they usually go for £10 when first released. They have the limited slipcase editions most of the time so I get them all in one go. My O.C.D approach to collecting means that I have to have each different version. Snuff and Unseen Academicals was Slipcase Ed, Gold Edition/Hardback with Collector cards and Normal Blue 1st/Hardback without collector's cards. Totalling £50/£60 respectively. On this one I cheated a little. I couldn't wait for the paperback release so I spent many an awkward night reading the one hardback through a 3" gap so not to break the spine!!!
I dont drink or smoke so this is my little sin. I have to say I do love rummaging throught the local charity shop book racks. If I cant find a Pratchett i just spend my 50p on something else that looks good. Mo Hayder is my latest find. Very twisted but what writer. I've read Tokyo and Ritual in the last week. Pretty damn good
i have found that to those unfamiliar with his work there is the belief that witches and wizzzards etc are all the books are about not the satirical undertones and more serious political comparisons. he is a very between the lines author. i firstthought the same on reading reaper man. good book to start on. it was only when i read a few more that i began to see the hidden extras
legendarydanbar said:
I had a few good deals in local charity shops over the years. hardback 1st/1st's of the Trilogy books for £3 each (Gods Rincewind, Witches etc) the whole set. Just 2 weeks ago I found a completely mint Discworld puzzle for £2-99. Granted i spent nearly an hour counting the 1000 pieces before i bought it but it was worth it. I only read the paperbacks and they are from the charity shops
I get all of my hardbacks online for the older ones, usually e-bay or Abe books. They are for the inheritence collection for Seren my daughter. The newer ones from Waterstones as the guys there are good friends and they usually go for £10 when first released. They have the limited slipcase editions most of the time so I get them all in one go. My O.C.D approach to collecting means that I have to have each different version. Snuff and Unseen Academicals was Slipcase Ed, Gold Edition/Hardback with Collector cards and Normal Blue 1st/Hardback without collector's cards. Totalling £50/£60 respectively. On this one I cheated a little. I couldn't wait for the paperback release so I spent many an awkward night reading the one hardback through a 3" gap so not to break the spine!!! I dont drink or smoke so this is my little sin. I have to say I do love rummaging throught the local charity shop book racks. If I cant find a Pratchett i just spend my 50p on something else that looks good. Mo Hayder is my latest find. Very twisted but what writer. I've read Tokyo and Ritual in the last week. Pretty damn good
I only read the paperbacks and they are from the charity shopsI get all of my hardbacks online for the older ones, usually e-bay or Abe books. They are for the inheritence collection for Seren my daughter. The newer ones from Waterstones as the guys there are good friends and they usually go for £10 when first released. They have the limited slipcase editions most of the time so I get them all in one go. My O.C.D approach to collecting means that I have to have each different version. Snuff and Unseen Academicals was Slipcase Ed, Gold Edition/Hardback with Collector cards and Normal Blue 1st/Hardback without collector's cards. Totalling £50/£60 respectively. On this one I cheated a little. I couldn't wait for the paperback release so I spent many an awkward night reading the one hardback through a 3" gap so not to break the spine!!! I dont drink or smoke so this is my little sin. I have to say I do love rummaging throught the local charity shop book racks. If I cant find a Pratchett i just spend my 50p on something else that looks good. Mo Hayder is my latest find. Very twisted but what writer. I've read Tokyo and Ritual in the last week. Pretty damn good
The Oxfam bookshop in Palmers Green. They have an amazing section of books, very old and new, but there are hidden gems like hard back 1st editions of a certain Terry Pratchett, (knight of the realm). I have yet to discover a signed one but they usually go for £3 or less and are always in good condition.
Sorely missed!
Hi There
I thought I would add to this old thread.
Where do I buy books? I only buy hardback editions, having dished out my softcovers at a bootsale. I buy my hardcovers from the following sources.
New Books;
For signed copies I go here http://www.paulkidby.com
Waterstones
Wh Smith
I too would prefer to support the independants, but can't find one
Used Books;
Ebay
Green Metropolis.
I have tried Charity and community stores, but have never seen a Terry Pratchett book. They probably get filtered out in the back room
I would recommend picking up from http://www.greenmetropolis.com as they have lots to choose from in both formats, and you only pay for the postage and a small incentive fee. Its for recycling books. They also have some audiobooks too.
Ebay has become the traders favourite, but many of the books are overpriced. Bargains can still be snapped up if you don't collect.
For those who have ereaders, I recommend downloading eCalibre http://www.calibre-ebook.com. It is a digital book management program. You can download it for free and use it free forever. I would recommend donating if possible as it is an excellent piece of work. It will manage all your ebooks and here's the best bit. You can convert from one format to another on the fly. It detects what your ereader is and will convert from the purchased format to your format as it moves it from your hard drive to your reader. I use it all the time. I now have all my TP ebooks on my Iriver Story and my Galaxy Note. Never more than 2 foot away from TP
Thanks for your time
Fragus
I thought I would add to this old thread.
Where do I buy books? I only buy hardback editions, having dished out my softcovers at a bootsale. I buy my hardcovers from the following sources.
New Books;
For signed copies I go here http://www.paulkidby.com
Waterstones
Wh Smith
I too would prefer to support the independants, but can't find one
Used Books;
Ebay
Green Metropolis.
I have tried Charity and community stores, but have never seen a Terry Pratchett book. They probably get filtered out in the back room
I would recommend picking up from http://www.greenmetropolis.com as they have lots to choose from in both formats, and you only pay for the postage and a small incentive fee. Its for recycling books. They also have some audiobooks too.
Ebay has become the traders favourite, but many of the books are overpriced. Bargains can still be snapped up if you don't collect.
For those who have ereaders, I recommend downloading eCalibre http://www.calibre-ebook.com. It is a digital book management program. You can download it for free and use it free forever. I would recommend donating if possible as it is an excellent piece of work. It will manage all your ebooks and here's the best bit. You can convert from one format to another on the fly. It detects what your ereader is and will convert from the purchased format to your format as it moves it from your hard drive to your reader. I use it all the time. I now have all my TP ebooks on my Iriver Story and my Galaxy Note. Never more than 2 foot away from TP
Thanks for your time
Fragus
Yesterday, I broke my longstanding personal taboo never to own a copy of "Pyramids" and bought one because I'm going to give it one more try. I had to have a Corgi Kirby edition to complete my Corgi Kirby Kollection but they're not available directly in the states, so I bought a used one through Ebay-UK, which I used to buy all my other KirbyCorgis. Altogether, the whole thing, including shipping to the U.S., cost a total of around UK 4 pounds, which is about US $7. That's cheaper than the cost of buying and shipping a US version.
